C4 Trivia
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C4 Trivia
A few items from "Cor-Vette Specs C4 1984-1996 Models" by Mike Antonick:
The two-tone paint job on the 1988 Corvette added nine-tenths of a pound to its weight.
The 1981 prototype of the C4 was designed with a T-type roof. "It was a one-piece roof panel on top of a T-bar that was inside. You couldn't tell it was a T-bar until the roof panel was removed. The bar was a fixed, structural member."
Jerry Palmer on the 1984 Corvette: "It will be a joy to drive and own, and it will still appear stylish on the road five or ten years from now."
Early (C4) Corvette literature and media material listed a fifteen-inch wheel and tire package as standard, and the sixteen-inch wheel as optional. Yet all 1984 Corvettes sold had sixteen-inch wheels. Fifteen-inch wheels were tooled and ready, but scrapped.
When Road & Track magazine tested one of the six available 1984 prototypes it found that in slalom testing, only three cars on street tires had ever bested this Corvette. The Renault R5 Turbo, Ferrari 512BB, and the Lamborghini Countach. And the Corvette's skidpad results were the best the magazine had ever measured!
One of the prototypes is pictured in the book with a 9/22/82 production date grease-penciled near the radiator.
The inner surface of the 1984 hood ducted air to each side of the magnesium air cleaner and had to seal properly each time the massive hood was dropped into the closed position.
Delco was tasked with a special battery color scheme with a black and silver top and a white case for underhood esthetics.
Information was cast inside 1984 wheels specifying wheel location. i.e. "install left rear only".
51,547 Base Corvette Sport Coupes were produced for 1984 with a price of $21,800.
Bright Red was the best seller at 12,942 produced and Light Blue Metallic at 1,196.
This book is amazing. You gotta have one for your library.
The two-tone paint job on the 1988 Corvette added nine-tenths of a pound to its weight.
The 1981 prototype of the C4 was designed with a T-type roof. "It was a one-piece roof panel on top of a T-bar that was inside. You couldn't tell it was a T-bar until the roof panel was removed. The bar was a fixed, structural member."
Jerry Palmer on the 1984 Corvette: "It will be a joy to drive and own, and it will still appear stylish on the road five or ten years from now."
Early (C4) Corvette literature and media material listed a fifteen-inch wheel and tire package as standard, and the sixteen-inch wheel as optional. Yet all 1984 Corvettes sold had sixteen-inch wheels. Fifteen-inch wheels were tooled and ready, but scrapped.
When Road & Track magazine tested one of the six available 1984 prototypes it found that in slalom testing, only three cars on street tires had ever bested this Corvette. The Renault R5 Turbo, Ferrari 512BB, and the Lamborghini Countach. And the Corvette's skidpad results were the best the magazine had ever measured!
One of the prototypes is pictured in the book with a 9/22/82 production date grease-penciled near the radiator.
The inner surface of the 1984 hood ducted air to each side of the magnesium air cleaner and had to seal properly each time the massive hood was dropped into the closed position.
Delco was tasked with a special battery color scheme with a black and silver top and a white case for underhood esthetics.
Information was cast inside 1984 wheels specifying wheel location. i.e. "install left rear only".
51,547 Base Corvette Sport Coupes were produced for 1984 with a price of $21,800.
Bright Red was the best seller at 12,942 produced and Light Blue Metallic at 1,196.
This book is amazing. You gotta have one for your library.
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